"Very much indeed." Simon? How about you? Did you enjoy my pee as much as you didearlier?" Yes Mistress Melissa. You know I did. I do. But Mistre...s, I reallyhave to pee too. I haven't been able to pee since you locked me inalmost eight hours ago! Please Mistress, may I use the toilet. Ipromise not to touch myself," he begged."Why use the toilet when your precious Miss Linda is kneeling rightbeside you?" she hinted.Linda just squatted there smiling a coy grin."Oh Mistress Melissa, that. At one point she thought to go down and make sure the mule had food. For the most part, she sat and listened to the voices inside her. Since her latest capitulation to Lucifer his attention had turned to Mother. The pressure between her temples had subsided. As the afternoon slipped into early evening, she eavesdropped on her inner voices. Their argument was loosing power even though nothing was being settled between the two. The battle between gentle persuasion and forced might would probably. "Mom, can — oops! — may I have a coke?"Charli's light olive complexion turned almost white; her mouth opened but no words came out. Her eyes were like saucers, I swear.Charli cringed, slumped in her chair, and softly asked, "Who told you?"Lisbeth pointed at me and said, "She did."Almost simultaneously, I said, "It was me."Charli looked like she was going to throw up and hurriedly left the table. I told Lisbeth to stay where she was and ran after her.In the bathroom, Charli was indeed bent over. “Eli, for a while there, Dal and me were looking around to see what had happened to you. Then Kit told us and we knew you and your dad were on your way to rescue your brothers.”Dal Hopkins was standing next to Sam and reached out to hug Little Eli too. “Eli, Sam and me want to hear all about it now that you’re back here safe with your brothers and their Texas girls you told us about. We want to know all the good parts too, not just a skipped-over story like someone else we know tells a story,”.